期刊名称：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN：0027-8424
电子版ISSN：1091-6490
出版年度：1975
卷号：72
期号：4
页码：1584-1588
DOI：10.1073/pnas.72.4.1584
语种：English
出版社：The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要：Of all the components of the culture medium, only CaCl2 induces DNA replication when added to resting cultures of Balb/c 3T3 cells. The effect is present even in a serum-free medium. Increasing the Ca++ concentration above the standard 1.8 mM in the medium of a new culture increases the total number of cells ultimately produced, without affecting the initial cell growth rate. This effect is synergistic with that of serum. The elevated Ca++ concentration also induces striking morphological changes. The Ca++ effect could not be reproduced by a Ca++ ionophore. These observations afford a new tool for studying how the various intracellular events following the addition of growth factors to resting cultures are involved in the control of cellular growth.
